* Disco Quinn, the Speed Hero, has a grand plan. Not only is he going to sell everything he owns to go live and work in Australia for a year (jealous!), but he intends to break Peter Brock’s Bathurst lap record of 2:20.5 while he’s there. Now stop using the term YOLO, Quinn.

* Most Bugattis received coachwork in Europe, so it’s a rare opportunity to see one draped with an American body, as was the case with the Derham-bodied Bugatti T43 that Tim Martin at The Old Motor recently highlighted.

* Whatever your opinion of modern NASCAR, Diandra Leslie-Pelecky’s blog Building Speed, which focuses on the science behind NASCAR, is good reading for anybody interested in the automotive applications of science. (via)

The T43 pictured certainly has had a checkered history, the body is now stitting somewhere in California waiting for a chassis and drivetrain, the T43 is now in Europe waiting for a Neuss designed body which I’m not sure is all that much of an improvement. For 60 years this car had a Ford six cylinder not the Bugatti engine. Which I guess makes sense since the Derham body appears to be using 38 or 39 Ford fenders, bumpers, headlights and wheels. The radiator is of course from the T43, and the rest is hand made.
I remember seeing sno cats when I was a kid, always wanted to ride in one, great to know that they’re still alive and well and working hard.